Yazid II

Yazid II (687-26 January 724) was the Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate from 720 to 724, succeeding Umar II and preceding Hisham.

Biography
Yazid was born in 687, the son of Caliph Abu-al-Malik like several preceding and succeeding caliphs. On 10 February 720 he came to power after the death of his brother Umar II, and his troops killed Shawdhab and destroyed his Kharijite rebels with whom his brother had previously negotiated with. During Yazid's reign, several civil wars began, and the empire began to tear itself apart. The House of Abbasid also began plotting against the House of Umayyad; 26 years after Yazid's death in 724, the Abbasid Revolution ousted the Umayyads.